The lateral amygdala processes the value of conditioned and unconditioned aversive stimuli

Neuroscience

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 561-569

  Blair, H T ^a   Sotres Bayon, F ^b   Moita, M A P ^c   Ledoux, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Freezing; Ifenprodil; Muscimol; Shock

Indexed keywords

IFENPRODIL; MUSCIMOL;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; HEAD MOVEMENT; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RAT; SENSORY STIMULATION; ULTRASOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ELECTROSHOCK; FEAR; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GABA AGONISTS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MUSCIMOL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 19444372192     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.02.043     Document Type: Article

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